YOUNG GIRL SHOOTS MAN AT MOVIE HOUSE

A man was released from the hospital Monday after a teen-age girl he tried to befriend shot him in front of a movie house.

Witnesses said Curtis White, 19, tried to talk with the unidentified girl and she said, "This is for talking to me," and fired a .25-caliber automatic revolver at him.

People who saw the shooting dragged the bleeding White to safety in the lobby of the Surf Theater on Collins Avenue at 8:55 p.m. Saturday.

A spokesman at Mount Sinai Medical Center said White was shot in the left side and arm. He was released from the hospital on Monday.

The girl, who witnesses say looked 14 to 16 years old, fled.

Police said as White fell to the ground, the girl and her companion ran north on the bustling street. A cashier in the ticket booth of the Normandy Theater, across from the Surf, ran out and flagged down a passing police car.

Witnesses said the girl's pistol was nickel-plated and pearl-handled. She was described as black, about 5 feet 5 inches tall and had short, dark hair. She wore a yellow lace shirt and blue jeans. Witnesses say the girl had a slight accent, possibly of the West Indies.

She was with a black man, 18 to 20 years old, about 130 pounds and 6 feet tall. He had a gold front tooth and wore a white tank top, blue jeans and dark work boots.